Open University Virtual Education in Second Life
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One interesting virtual education project is the Open University’s Innovative Experiment in Community. This virtual university is running several classes in the virtual world of Second Life. Long distance learning and community building are emphasized.
Open University is based in the United Kingdom and currently has 150,000 undergraduate and 30,000 postgraduate students enrolled in courses in the real world. The Second Life virtual campus is an extension of that.
Open University is located at the Open Life virtual sim and has developed two islands.
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Second Life HD Presentation on Virtual Education & Change | Second Life Update | December 2, 2009 at 4:02 pm
[...] Below is a high definition video presentation on the changes in education and using virtual education. The presentation is about 7 minutes long and covers teaching in the virtual world of Second Life. [...]